"you can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" – C.S. Lewis

Month: January 2017

January was a fabulous reading month for me. I had a lot of time off of work so I was able to do a lot of reading. I do fear that all this reading is going to put me in a bit of a reading slump, so I have no idea how my February 2017 wrap up will look like. As of right now, I really don’t want to read anything! That’s a scary thing to say. I did manage to read 12 books in January. Have you read any of these books? Any look interesting?

I read these in January:

Currently Reading:

I haven’t decided yet! I’m either going to go for something short and light, because I’m trying to tear down my TBR list, or something I’m super excited about.

Favorite Book this Month:

This is a hard one but as you can see I got super into the High Heels Mysteries, so one of those would be my favourite, I can’t choose which one!

Books I bought this Month:

I’ve been trying very hard not to buy any books because like I mentioned I’m trying to get through my bought to be read list. It was at 78 books and I have it down to 63 books which is amazing to me! But I completely fell in love with the cover of this book and the colour I had to go buy it!

“As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.

One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.

But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.”

I will admit that I bought this book purely for the cover. I am an absolute sucker for books that have dresses on the cover so this one was no exception.

I had debated for a while as to if I should actually buy it or not because I had been hearing such mixed reviews. A lot of people didn’t like it, but then there were some people who loved it.

I am one of those that absolutely loved it!

I really liked Kestrel, she does what she thinks is right rather than listening to anyone. I love characters like that! She is also compassionate. There was just something really likeable about her.

I don’t want to give away any of the plot but the whole Kestrel/Arin thing was really well done!

The story is quite original as well, lots of plot twists, and turns. It’s just a really great book.

I don’t really know how to wrap up my reading in 2016. I definitely didn’t read as many books as I had wanted to. With work and just a bunch of other things going on I didn’t get a lot of reading done compared to oher years.

I read 65 books and a total of 23 114 pages.

I’ll just post what my best books of 2016 were, so the books I gave 5 stars to. I don’t often give books 5 stars.